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The immigration lawyer who represented first lady Melania Trump and her parents told CNN on Friday that President Donald Trump's attacks on "chain migration" are "unconscionable."
Michael Wildes confirmed that the first lady sponsored her parents for green cards in a process known as family reunification, which critics have assailed as "chain migration."
Wildes said the process is actually "a beautiful bedrock of immigration law" that inspires Americans to do more...

Viktor and Amalija Knavs, the parents of First Lady Melania Trump, officially became U.S. citizens on Friday. On CNN Friday, the immigration lawyer who represented them and their daughter fact-checked President Donald Trump’s talking points on family reunification. Host Erin Burnett aired footage of Trump criticizing the program that brought his own in-laws to America. “Chain migration is a disaster for this country. Chain migration is terrible. Chain migration is a killer. Chain migration, it’s...

Donald Trump has suggested ending most family-based immigration, the path to citizenship the first lady’s parents used
Melania Trump’s parents were sworn in as US citizens on Thursday, completing a legal path to citizenship that their son-in-law has suggested eliminating.
Viktor and Amalija Knavs, both in their 70s, took the citizenship oath at a private ceremony in New York City. The Slovenian immigrants, a former car dealer and textile factory worker, had been living in the US as permanent...

First lady Melania Trump's immigration attorney is criticizing the president's hostility toward "chain migration" - a process by which U.S. citizens or permanent residents can sponsor family members to come to the country - and said the attacks are "unconscionable." "This is a tradition that happens...